title: Narrow-band ultraviolet B phototherapy for early stage mycosis fungoides.
abstract: Recently there have been some reports concerned the treatment of early stage mycosis fungoides (MF) with narrow-band ultraviolet B (NB-UVB) phototherapy. In most of the previous reports, NB-UVB phototherapy was given three times a week on non-consecutive days. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of a twice weekly regimen of NB-UVB phototherapy in the treatment of early-stage MF. Eight patients with early stage MF received NB-UVB phototherapy twice weekly. Six patients (75%) had a complete response in a mean of 23.4 treatments, two (25%) had a partial response. Upon discontinuation of treatment, four patients with complete response relapsed in a mean time to relapse of 5 months. The twice weekly regimen of NB-UVB phototherapy is effective and well-tolerated in the treatment of early stage MF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, No. 1 Hospital of China Medical University, 155 North Nanjing Street, Shenyang 110001, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Li-Xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zhen-Hai
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chun-Di
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xing-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Hong-Duo
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000379:methods